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The richest man in the world is coming after people’s retirement and health care. Will Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress speak up? Their silence is alarming.

submitted 4 hours ago • 203 comments

Elon Musk has said it loud and clear: He wants to gut Social Security. In December 2024 alone: 👉 51.8M retired workers relied on benefits 👉 7.2M disabled workers depended on support 👉 5.8M survivors—widows, children, & parents—counted on it after loss Social Security is a lifeline, not a luxury.

submitted 11 hours ago • 11 comments

LATEST: House Republicans just voted for a funding bill that would benefit the ultra-wealthy at the expense of regular Americans. Now, we’re counting on Senate Democrats to hold the line. No votes to destroy Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, or any of the other programs Americans rely on.

submitted 3 hours ago • 11 comments

Healthy food from local farmers for kids being cut by Trump and Musk seems on brand www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 14 hours ago • 86 comments

Free speech and the right to protest is an essential part of any functioning democracy. Targeting those in our country legally with retribution because of a differing political opinion is not only unacceptable but it's dangerous and it must not be tolerated.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

In 2017, Trump gave a $2 trillion tax cut mostly sucked up by billionaires and big corporations. But it was so expensive, Republicans set many of their tax cuts to end after 2025. Now, Republicans want to steal from working people to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 1 day ago • 126 comments

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

submitted 2 days ago • 305 comments

I wrote a short explainer for my Substack of the biggest (but strangely under the radar) corruption of the Trump White House: the Trump crypto coin. A conduit for secret, shameless bribery of the President. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/trumps-big...

submitted 3 days ago • 167 comments

More than 79 million people get health care through Medicaid, including over 1/3 of all children and nearly 2/3 of nursing home residents. Trump and Republicans want to rip their health care away – just to bankroll tax cuts for the rich. We can't let them.

submitted 6 days ago • 106 comments

With chaos & corruption, the president is weakening a strong economy and threatening Social Security. youtu.be/hVrHxEIiKsM

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

What does it mean for DOGE to "make mistakes" with seniors' Social Security? Long wait times, underpayments, or no payments at all. The richest man in the world is sticking his fingers in the benefits our seniors have paid for their entire working lives.

submitted 5 days ago • 233 comments

Nearly every single Congressional Republican giving Trump a standing ovation tonight voted to advance the largest Medicaid cuts in history. Why? To fund a tax break for the richest 1%.

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He’s already poured millions of dollars into the race, and he’ll stop at nothing to get favorable rulings on his extreme agenda. Not on our watch ❗️

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Let me say @fahrenthold.bsky.social is a national treasure. Also he can do math. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 92 comments

He is incompetent

submitted 8 days ago • 291 comments

love this @rokhanna.bsky.social We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos Please share off line as well !!!

submitted 8 days ago • 1545 comments

THREE in TEN Americans have skipped taking their prescriptions because they’re too expensive. So what did Trump do in his first days? Reverse efforts to lower drug prices. Instead of helping everyday people, he’s lining the pockets of Big Pharma CEOs.

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

Want to join me for this MoveOn event?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Wow. Republican and Independent state legislative leaders in Alaska write to the state's all Republican Congressional delegation with a dire warning:

submitted 11 days ago • 104 comments

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...

submitted 14 days ago • 589 comments